September 3, 2014
Norman Uphoff September 3, 2014
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Modifying the methods of plant establishment and water management, changing agricultural practices, and creating more favourable growing conditions for crops, both above and below the ground, farmers have begun producing more crop per drop of water, more crop per acre of land and more crop per unit of work
August 10, 2014
Norman Uphoff August 10, 2014
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Preserving and enriching soil and associated natural resources within the framework of MGNREGA and employment generation is a way of ensuring and enhancing individual and national productivity in the future
August 2, 2014
Binod Dahal August 2, 2014
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Undaunted by the challenges of poor irrigation, poor service delivery, low rate of literacy, poor health facilities, degraded land, under-developed agriculture, and lack of basic services in Godda, PRADAN’s initiation of INRM, is slowly transforming the land, the women and the villages, bringing hope of economic self-sufficiency.
July 11, 2014
Naresh Kumar Nain July 11, 2014
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With the diminishing opportunities in agriculture and the lack of water for assured irrigation, villagers in Rajasthan are turning more and more to goat-rearing, and are realizing its viability as a livelihoods option, opening up possibilities of enhanced income and self-sufficiency
July 6, 2014
Pandit Arjun July 6, 2014
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Describing the sustainable agriculture practices being promoted by the Balaghat team, this article captures the processes employed for promoting sustainable agriculture with more than 3,500 farmers, the challenges faced and the major insights gained
July 6, 2014
Dinabandhu Karmakar July 6, 2014
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Recognizing the vital role that water security plays in securing lives and livelihoods, this article raises significant questions, which point to formulating policy and taking action that encourage small-holder farmers to contribute to food sufficiency…“Little drops of water make a mighty ocean”
June 6, 2014
Nityananda Dhal June 6, 2014
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Establishing sustainable private-public delivery systems for basic vaccination of BYP and small ruminants is bringing about change in Keonjhar, combating deadly diseases that wipe out the stock on a regular basis thereby offering hope to the landless poor
June 6, 2014
Shouvik Mitra June 6, 2014
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Despite becoming more and more a preferred livelihood option, goat-rearing comes with its own challenges such as the high mortality rates and the lack of government interest in promoting it as a primary occupation. Can these be addressed comprehensively?
June 3, 2014
Ruchita Khurana June 3, 2014
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Using SHGs as the base to explore different ways of building traditional livelihoodsgeneration activities such as goat-rearing becomes a worthwhile journey for the tribals of Kandhamal district, who adopt scientific methods with the help of trained para-vets of the community, bringing hope to those struggling for survival
May 4, 2014
Sanjeev Kumar May 4, 2014
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Introducing systems, promoting research, and imparting information on the latest developments to goat rearers, who are usually poor, illiterate, marginalized and unorganized, and are largely the aged, the widows and destitute families, is imperative so that people on the fringes of society experience self-sufficiency, and dignity of labour and life